Trevorrow to Direct Star Wars

From Dinosaurs to Jedis

Director of this summer’s massive Jurassic World Colin Trevorrow will be directing Star Wars Episode IX, which is due out in 2019, it was announced at Disney’s D23 show yesterday and picked up by starwars.com. The photo of Trevorrow is from starwars.com too.

While production won’t begin for a while, Trevorrow is already heading out to Lucasfilm this year to begin working with artists and his fellow Star Wars directors. “Colin is someone I’ve been interested in working with ever since I saw Safety Not Guaranteed,” says Lucasfilm’s President Kathleen Kennedy. “The power of that film paired with the enormous success of Jurassic World speaks volumes about his abilities both as a storyteller and skilled filmmaker. We are thrilled to have such an incredible talent as Colin join our family and step into the Star Wars universe.”

Trevorrow replies: “This is not a job or an assignment. It is a seat at a campfire, surrounded by an extraordinary group of storytellers, filmmakers, artists and craftspeople. We’ve been charged with telling new stories for a younger generation because they deserve what we all had—a mythology to call their own. We will do this by channeling something George Lucas instilled in all of us: boundless creativity, pure invention and hope.”

Star Wars: Episode IX will conclude the third trilogy of Star Wars movies that begins with Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is released on December 18 of this year.

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